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DrDonna Mcrae

Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts

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  • Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts
  • +61 3 924 46893 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • AFFILIATION
    Australian Directors Guild, AACTA
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Early Career Teaching Award 2015
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Screening Melbourne 2017
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Our Ghostly Crew #13 of Best Australian Films of 2023 (opens in a new tab)⁠
    28 Dec 2023 - 28 Dec 2023
    Our Ghostly Crew, a 22 minute documentary which asks the question 'How do you make a painting' was voted #13 of the 30 best Australian FIlms of 2023
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  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Lost Gully Road -
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Nominated Best Direction in a Feature film under 1 million dollars - Australian Directors Guild, 2019
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Best Feature - La Femme International Film festival, Los Angeles 2018,
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Best Feature - Insolito de Cinema, Peru, 2019
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Best Feature - South Texas Underground Film Festival - 2019
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Official Selection Monsterfest 2017, Revelation Film Festival, 2018
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Nominated Best Original Score, Ozflix awards 2018
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    COBBY: The Other Side of Cute
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Official Selection SFDocfest, 2018
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Official Selection, Kansas International Film Festival, 2018
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Official Selection, revelation Film Festival, 2019
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Flyville - Durden & Ray, Los Angeles and Strange Neighbour, Melbourne (as part of Slippery Stories) 2016
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    California -Mars Gallery solo show March 2015, Sydney video Contemporary September 2015
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Johnny Ghost -
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Special Jury Prize, Hamilton International Film festival, Canada 2013
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Best Female Director, Berlin Independent Film festival, 2013
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Film with Most Heart, Pollygrind Film festival. Las Vegas, 2012
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Best Feature, South Texas Underground Film Festival 2012
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Special Jury Prize, Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2012
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Best Screenplay, Melbourne Underground Film Festival, 2012
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Best Editing, Minneapolis Underground Film Festival, 2011